Joyful Noises / The City

by Bobby Scott / Larry Elgart

At the dawn of the 1960s, at the age of 25, Bobby Scott looked set to become, on account of his prodigious talents realized at a young age, the Orson Welles of Jazz. An enormously fertile musician, a skilled pianist and vibist who also played accordion, clarinet, cello and bass, Scott was also a marvelous singer and an inventive composer / arranger with a broad range of sensibilities. In 1961, the future, for this lean New Yorker, seemed one of unlimited possibility. In 1962, the composer of the eternal hits, A Taste of Honey and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother created the high-concept album Joyful Noises; blending elements of Jazz and classical music in a distinctly 20th century manner and with a singular